Capture facility, Westlake, Los Angeles
Onsite Data Collection in Los Angeles: ZOOM Is Your Capture Facility
ZOOM Recording Studio is an onsite capture facility at 539 S Rampart Blvd in Westlake, Los Angeles, for speech and conversational data collection programs. The facility summary below follows the order of a typical vendor review. Your team provides the requirements and the consent form your participants sign; ZOOM provides the room, the engineer and the schedule, and can source voice talent in Los Angeles, handling recruiting, management and scheduling. Each project is quoted on its scope.
The Facility at a Glance
- RoomZOOM I at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Westlake. A treated recording room with space for multi-speaker sessions and direct engineer monitoring.
- Audio chainNeumann U87, Neumann TLM 103 and Shure SM7B microphones, Universal Audio Apollo 8/x8, Pro Tools.
- FormatDelivered as 24-bit WAV, 48 kHz as standard and 44.1 kHz if specified. Each speaker is captured to a separate track. No processing unless your spec calls for it.
- CrewOne engineer on every session, working from your written guidelines: levels, monitoring, session log, technical retakes. Live remote monitoring is optional.
- Track recordSpeech and voice data sessions for AI model developers, big-tech voice and AI programs, Fortune 500 corporations and AI data vendors, both direct and vendor-managed.
- ScheduleOpen 24 hours, every day. Project blocks are held before music bookings can take them, and the same block can recur each week until the project closes.
- Participants and intakeRecruiting of participants and voice talent in LA on request. Each participant signs your consent form at the door, shows ID that matches it, and is entered in the session log.
- ExclusivityExclusive collections, with all recordings and rights delivered to you only, or non-exclusive collections at a lower project cost. Set in the scope.
- Vendor paperworkW-9 available. ZOOM executes your NDA and completes vendor onboarding questionnaires. Project details remain confidential.
- Location and accessOn-site parking. Rampart exit off the 101, about 8 minutes from the 10, 7 minutes from Downtown LA.
- Next stepSubmit your requirements, speakers per session, file specification, total hours and date range. ZOOM responds with a proposal covering schedule and quote. Test files and a pilot come before full production.
What a Collection Day Looks Like
A collection day at ZOOM runs in fixed blocks. The engineer opens ZOOM I before the first participant arrives and checks every microphone input. Participants sign your consent form at the door and show ID that matches it. Each speaker sits at their own microphone, so every voice lands on its own track. During the session the engineer watches levels, notes each take in the log, and calls a retake only for a technical fault such as clipping or cable noise. At the end of the block, files are checked, named to your spec with their metadata, and handed off through the delivery method your project uses.
Why a Treated Studio, Not an Office
Speech data is judged as much on what is missing from a recording as on what is in it: air handling, street noise, echo off bare walls. ZOOM I is an acoustically treated room. Measured through the full chain, our room tone (noise floor) sits around -66 dBFS RMS, well under the -60 dBFS ceiling that ACX sets, the standard we hold our audiobook sessions to. It is the same room ZOOM uses for commercial voiceover and IVR prompts, so the configuration is proven, not assembled for your project. Every microphone and piece of equipment in the room is on our gear list.
Built for Multi-Week Programs
ZOOM records speech and voice data for AI model developers, big-tech voice assistant and AI programs, Fortune 500 corporations, and the data vendors that run collection for them, both directly and as a vendor-managed site. Projects run as recurring blocks reserved ahead of the music calendar, with parallel sessions across rooms when quotas require, and intake and the session log work the same way in the last week as in the first.
Data Collection FAQ
- Can we check the room before booking a project?
- Yes, remotely. ZOOM supplies room-tone and impulse test files recorded at 48 kHz / 24-bit, with room tone at roughly -66 dBFS RMS, and records a short sample to your spec on request. Full production follows a pilot; visits are possible but not part of qualification.
- What does ZOOM need from us to quote a project?
- Your requirements or protocol, the number of speakers per session, the file specification, total hours and the date range. With those, ZOOM returns a proposal with schedule and quote.
- Do you run exclusive and non-exclusive collections?
- Both. An exclusive collection delivers every recording and the rights to your team only. A non-exclusive collection lets ZOOM license the same recordings to other buyers, which usually lowers your project cost. The model is agreed in the scope and written into the consent form participants sign.
- Can sessions run at night or on weekends?
- Yes. ZOOM operates 24 hours a day, every day, so recording blocks can be placed in evenings, overnight or on weekends to meet your quotas.
- Who runs the room during a session?
- ZOOM's engineer runs each session to your written guidelines, handling levels, monitoring, the session log and technical retakes. Your moderators may attend, and live remote monitoring over Source-Connect is optional.
- Where is ZOOM, and is there parking?
- 539 S Rampart Blvd in Westlake, Los Angeles, with on-site parking. Take the Rampart exit off the 101; Downtown LA is about 7 minutes away.
Request a Project Quote
Complete the fields you can; open items are scoped together. ZOOM responds with a proposal covering schedule and quote.
- Proposed schedule and quote by email
- Test files and a pilot
- NDA and vendor onboarding completed
48k / 24-bit WAV-66 dBFS room tone1 track per speaker
Booking a voiceover session instead? Go to voiceover recording.